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The magazine of Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust June 2016 www.barnsleyhospital.nhs.uk

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RightCare Barnsleywins prestigiousHSJ award page2

HeartAwards

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Mayor supportsdementiacare

Farewell toLynda

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Quality priorities and goals

On Sunday 5th June we held our annual charity fun run; the Barnsley Hospital CharityRainbow Dash.The event was a huge success with over 260 runners taking part.

By Diane Wake, Chief Executive

We are committed to providingsafe, quality care for our patientsand their loved ones. Qualitymeans getting things right firsttime, every time for all patientswho use our services, theircarers, families and our staff.

Our Quality Strategy was firstintroduced in 2014 and helps theTrust identify what we are doingwell and most importantly whatwe can do better and how.

We have always been committedto providing the highest

standard of care and we listen tothe views of our patients, ourstaff and other stakeholders toensure we continue to deliverhigh quality care and makeimprovements where necessary.

At the start of each financial yearwe identify potential areas forimprovement and as part of thisprocess, we asked our patients,

the public and staff what mattersto them to help us develop ourquality goals for the coming year.

You will see our goals andpriorities for 2016/17 below

and you can find out moreinformation on our website here

www.barnsleyhospital.nhs.uk/about/values/quality-goals/

We are now well in to the 2016/17 financial year and as such wehave launched our Quality Priorities and Goals for the year.

Runners signed up to take part in either onelap or a 5k run around the park where theyembraced various colour explosions from the‘Rainbow Warrior’ stations along the route.Volunteers were on site ready to throw thepaint at stations across the park.

The event was hosted by Dearne FM’s GarethWebb, who compered, provided music andbroadcast at the event live on Dearne FM.

The Rainbow Dash was a family fun day outand plenty of our staff came along with theirfriends and family to take part including ourChief Executive, Diane Wake and Chairman,Steve Wragg.

Barnsley Hospital Charity’s FundraisingCo-ordinator, Beth Kaminski, said, “We’reoverwhelmed with the support we receivedand the enthusiasm from everyone on theday, thank you so much. The whole event

couldn’t have gone better and we can’t wait tofind out how much we’ve raised!

“We’d like to say a big extra special thanks tothe local organisations that helped make theday run smoothly. In no particular orderthanks go to; Dearne FM, Sainsbury’s forsponsoring the colour station and providingrefreshments, Dan Rose at Awesome forproducing our promotional video andAdrian Ashworth for photographing theevent. Thanks also go to Enterprise, BAPP,HSS Hire, Morrisons, Tesco and Body Shopfor supporting the event.”

Money was raised through an initial signup cost and individual sponsorship.

All money raised will be used by BarnsleyHospital Charity to provide care and

comforts across Barnsley Hospital.See more photos on page 6.

Rainbow DASH wasa colourful success!

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2016/17 Priorities

– Develop ways to improve how ourHospital works with other local servicesto care for patients with long termconditions

2016/17 Priorities

– Ensure no patient develops anavoidable infection during their stay inour Hospital

– Continue to take action to preventfocus on the prevention of anyavoidable harm to patients duringtheir stay in our Hospital

2016/17 Priorities

– To focus on ensuring that we provideconsistent care to all patients acrossour services

– To ensure that we continue to deliverhigh quality care to patients havingexperienced a stroke

2016/17 Priorities

– Develop new roles within our clinicalteams to support quality improvement

– To ensure all staff are appropriatelytrained to carry out their role safely

Cancelling and rearranging hospital appointmentsIf you are unable to attend a pre-booked appointment please remember to contactus to let us know you are cancelling or to re-arrange the appointment.

We have made it easier to cancel and rearrange the majority of our appointments,all you need to do is call our dedicated appointments team on 01226 434343.This telephone line is manned 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Please note there are certain appointments we are unable to rearrange via this linebut please contact this number in the first instance and the team will refer you tothe relevant area if they can’t deal with your request themselves.

Tell us your viewsYour feedback and suggestions are very important to us. If you have feedback onthis magazine or on our hospital and the services we provide, we would love to hearfrom you. Please send us an email to communications.barnsley@nhs.netto share your views.

Contacting the hospitalSwitchboard 01226 730 00024/7 Appointments 01226 434343Patient Advice and Liaison Service (PALS) 01226 432 430

Useful numbersCall 111 when it’s less urgent than 999Information on GPs and dentists 01226 327 176Stop Smoking Service 01226 737 077

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Hi, I’m Steve Wragg, Chairman ofBarnsley Hospital. Welcome to thesummer 2016 edition of BarnsleyHospital News.

As you will have seen on the front page,earlier this month we held the BarnsleyHospital Charity Rainbow Dash.The eventwas a great success with lots of runnerstaking part. It was great to see the peopleof Barnsley come together to take part inthis brilliant event.

This month we also held our annual staffHeart Awards.The Heart Awards celebratethe hard work of our staff and volunteersand recognise those that go above andbeyond in their role.The award presentationtook place on 10th June at Oakwell Stadium,we had a fantastic night and it was great tosee our staff letting their hair down andcelebrating their achievements.You can readmore about the winners and see pictures onpages 4 and 5 of this magazine.

Also in this edition; you can find out whatother activities Barnsley Hospital Charityhave been up to (page 6), read about the

Barnsley Dementia Creative Arts Exhibition(page 7) and view our farewell to a muchloved colleague who retired after 44 years ofservice (page 8).

We hope you enjoy the latest BarnsleyHospital News. If you have any comments orfeedback on this edition please do nothesitate to contact us oncommunications.barnsley@nhs.net.

Kind regardsSteve

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From theChairman

RightCare Barnsley winsprestigious HSJ Valuein Healthcare award

RightCare Barnsley is a new service forhealthcare professionals aimed at preventinghospital admission when not clinicallyrequired.

The service is run in alliance with BarnsleyClinical Commissioning Group (CCG) byBarnsley Hospital and South West YorkshirePartnership NHS Foundation Trust(SWYPFT), it provides a one stop shopco-ordination service for GPs and otherhealthcare professionals, helping people getthe treatment and care they need, so theycan avoid being admitted to hospital if thereare more suitable alternatives for theircondition.

There is a wide range of services available tosupport people and they are all now linkedinto RightCare Barnsley, so when a GP callsup, the team can assess, against that personsclinical needs, what is available and get thatorganised for the patient, often meaning theperson can stay at home, and freeing the GPup to care for other patients rather than betied up to secure services.

Over 1,000 patients whose care has beenco-ordinated through RightCare Barnsley

have avoided being admitted into hospitalover the past 10 months since the servicestarted.

The HSJ Value in Healthcare Awardsrecognises and rewards outstandingefficiency and improvement by the NHS.The awards continue to recognise excellentuse of resources but they also seek outexamples of demonstrable improvement inoutcomes, both within back office functionsand clinical initiatives.

Karen Kelly, Director of Operations atBarnsley Hospital, said: “RightCare Barnsleyensures that patients are receiving the rightcare in the right setting for them, ultimatelyimproving the overall patient journey.We are so pleased to hear that we havebeen shortlisted for this award and arevery proud that the service is getting thispublic recognition.”

The awards were a great evening ofrecognition and celebration for all theorganisations making steps to greatlyimprove efficiency and value, in bothoffice functions and clinical initiativesin healthcare.

RightCareBarnsley haswon the clinicalsupport servicescategory at the2016 HealthService Journal(HSJ) Value inHealthcareAwards, heldon 24 May atManchesterCentral,Manchester.

Some members of the Barnsley Hospital andSWYPFT RightCare Barnsley Team with their award.

Governors are involved inmany aspects of the life of thehospital. One of the mostpleasurable is our role in thehospital Heart Awards.This staff awards schemerecognises individuals andteams of staff and volunteerswho perform over and abovewhat is expected of them.They are run every yearculminating in an awardsevening in June, withincredible support from staff.

A number of Governors joined a group of staff, volunteers and partnerorganisations on 22 April to score and shortlist the nominations in a numberof different categories. The quality of nominations was very high, making theshortlisting and scoring a difficult job. We had a highly enjoyable Heart Awardsevening, celebrating the hard work of staff and volunteers.

The hospital has regular unannounced quality visits to wards and departmentscarried out by a team with staff of different grades, and including at least oneGovernor. The principal role of Governors in these visits is to talk to patientsto get some feedback on the patient’s experience. Training in safeguardingand infection protection and control is required for Governors taking part inquality visits.

Other areas where Governors contribute their time and expertise includeworking with Barnsley Hospital Charity on events such as the Rainbow Dash andfundraising appeals such as the Tiny Hearts Appeal.

Governors have two key statutory roles, holding the Non-Executive Directors toaccount for the performance of the Board of Directors, and representing ourmembers and the wider community. Governors who are unpaid volunteers,also make a wider contribution to the hospital over and above theirlegal role.

Our role in representing our members and the wider community is achallenging one, and Governors are always keen to hear the views of theentire community the hospital serves. If you wish to speak to, or contact, aGovernor you can telephone Carol Dudley, Secretary to the Board and theCouncil of Governors, on 01226 431818, or emailbarnsleynhsft_governors@nhs.net who will put you in touch with a Governor.

Although it isn’t part of the Governor’s role to investigate complaints we can giveadvice on how to raise a concern confidentially, through the correct channels.Very occasionally feedback to Governors may indicate a general problem whichGovernors will raise with the Board of Directors.

We take complaints seriously and use them to further improve the quality of thehospital’s services. It is always good, however, to receive compliments and if youare particularly pleased with your experience in the hospital please let BarnsleyHospital know either online or via staff during your time in hospital.

Joe Unsworth, Lead Governor

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Hi Joanne, how would you describeyour role as a Co-opted Governor forBarnsley Hospital?As Co-opted Governor, I am able to speakup for staff who work within the trust andensure that it is safe, effective and efficient.I am also here to raise any staff issues thatmay arise through workforce issues,policies and finances and must ensure thatGovernors and the Trust Board are aware ofthe potential impacts that any new changesmay have. My role is to ensure that theTrust’s values are being upheld, standardsare being maintained and any concernsare raised at Board level. It’s like being ascrutiniser and ensuring that all systemsare working efficiently, effectively and safely.

The role can be challenging and I havefound it difficult at times, to switch into thisrole from my staff side role. However thetwo roles do have similarities and it is agreat way to understand the more intricateand challenging workings of the Trust.

What would you say are your favouriteparts of the role?I am relatively new to the post and haveonly attended a few meetings so far but it isclear to see that there are a lot of peoplewho care about how the hospital is run andtake the time to digest all the papers whichare sent out and question any anomalies. Itis lovely to work with and take an activepart in discussions with a different group ofpeople who have a different perspective onhealth care than perhaps frontline staff.Therole is challenging and interesting.

When were you nominated tobe Governor?I have been seconded into the role to coverfor a colleague, Rachel Hewitt, who is onmaternity leave for a year.This is great forgiving me the opportunity to say whether Iwould want to continue in the role andapply when a full vacancy becomesavailable. It’s a great opportunity to findout more about how the Trust works and bean active part of the scrutinising process,the trust’s processes and to ensure that thevalues are upheld.

What inspired or influenced your decisionto become a Staff Governor?When Rachel applied for the Governors roleit was something that I considered doingtoo. However, at that time I did not feel Icould commit in terms of the time andenergy required and having lots of otherroles, both in my working and personal life.However when Rachel asked if I wouldcover I thought it is a way to see if it issomething that I would want to do in thefuture and would give me a better insightinto the Trust’s workings. They also say ifyou want to influence and be an activeleader you have to challenge yourself andbe visible so it’s a great way to raise theprofile of therapy in the hospital too.

When you’re not busy with work what doyou enjoy doing in your spare time?I have two teenage girls which keep me verybusy, usually as a taxi service! When notdoing that I enjoy doing Zumba on a weeklybasis and going on hikes in the countryside,with a good pub at the end and a cold glassof wine or cider.

Governor inthe spotlightJoanne BleasdaleCo-opted Governor

Open letter from theCouncil of Governorsto all Truststaff

Lead Governorupdate

June 2016

Dear Colleagues, As we have now started the new financial year we wanted to take the opportunity to

contact Trust staff to thank them for their continued hard work and dedication to their

patients and the Trust over the past year.

The past financial year has proved to be a challenging one for the whole Trust, despite this

staff have remained positive, resilient and continued to provide outstanding care to the

people of Barnsley. The efforts of Barnsley Hospital staff does not go unnoticed by the Council of Governors and

it is very clear to us that staff live by the Trust’s values and visions, ensuring that patient

safety and quality care remains the top priority.

The Trust has an excellent reputation for employing caring and compassionate staff, a fact

that is often reflected in patient feedback, and this makes us proud to say we serve as

Governors for the hospital.The new financial year is set to be as challenging, if not more so, than this year but we

know that staff will continue to work together for the benefit of their patients.

Again, well done and thank you to all staff.

Kind regards Joe Unsworth, Lead Governor, on behalf of the Council of Governors.

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Individual BRILLIANTAward Winner Claire Grant,General & Specialist Surgery MatronClaire was nominated as she has developed a patientpathway for Endoscopy that incorporates all aspects ofcare. This is not in use in any other department in thecountry and Claire has developed and designed this

single-handed to ensure that the care and safety needs of patients are met.

Claire has been described as innovative and a credit to the hospital.

Well done, Claire!

Runners-upDarren Nunn, Team Leader in PorteringElla Fisher, Admin Apprentice in Infection Control

Innovation AwardThis award celebrated innovation and creative ideas that have a clear benefitfor patients, family members, members of staff or the Hospital in general.

Winner Jill Murphy, Community Midwife Team Leader andAnne Smith, Public Health Specialist MidwifeJill (not pictured) and Anne were nominated for their hard work indeveloping information for the maternity website.

Initially the pair set up the webpage as a cost saving project to reducethe number of leaflets used but primarily the webpage has become aresource of invaluable information for women from early pregnancy tobirth and beyond.

The site includes contact numbers and information about the servicesprovided as well as links to other NHS resources.

Great work, guys!

Runners-upSharon Da Silva, Senior MidwifePaediatric Epilepsy Team

Partnership Working AwardThis award focused on the work of ateam or individual who had workedexceptionally well with internal andexternal partners.

Winner Barnsley Babies InitiativeSpecialist Midwives from the MaternityUnit were nominated for their fantasticwork in partnership with South YorkshireFire and Rescue service, delivering the Barnsley Babies Initiative. Theinitiative aims to advise parents and families how to ensure that their baby is sleeping safely.

The partnership means that safe sleep messages are now being consistently delivered to allfamilies in Barnsley not only by staff at Barnsley Hospital but by our partners too.

Great work, team!

Runners-upPostnatal and Neonatal Staff Paediatric Multi-Agency Autism Team

Individual OutstandingAchievement – Non-ClinicalThis award recognised a non-clinical member of staffwho, through excellent leadership skills, has inspireda change in order to achieve higher standards ormake significant improvements for patients.

Winner Amy Wilkinson,Clerical OfficerAmy was nominated for her commitment tosupporting the work of the cancer services teamand her willingness to help her colleagues andtheir patients. She performs her role to the highest standard, with meticulousattention to detail and a keen insight to the wider workings of the team and organisation.

Amy’s nomination described how she is the unsung hero of the cancer services team whoembodies all of the Trust’s values.

Well done, Amy!

Runners-upAngie Price, Mandatory Training and Education Centre Team ManagerJonathan Hayes, Head of ICT

Team BRILLIANTAward WinnerThe SurgicalDecision Area(SDA) Team The SDA team was nominated for its hardwork and commitment to patients. All members of the team have gone overand above what’s expected of them, including covering extra shifts, swapping shift start timesand ensuring its never a ‘no’ to any patients who need their services.

The team is a small tight knit group who are always positive, professional and put patientsfirst. Great work, team!

Runners-upiFIT Medical Records TeamChildren’s Safeguarding Team

Barnsley HospitalHeart Awards 2016

Individual OutstandingAchievement – ClinicalThis award recognised a certain member of clinicalstaff who, through excellent leadership skills, hasinspired a change in order to achieve higherstandards or make significant improvementsfor patients.

Winner Ricardo Mohammad Ali,Consultant in Oral and Maxillofacial

Dr Mohammad-Ali’s nomination described him as an excellent role model who has inspiredchange and made significant improvements for patients.

He was nominated for his continued work in developing services including the temporalartery biopsy service and the tongue tie service for new born babies. Ricardo always strives tofind new ways to make the service better and is highly encouraging to staff in developingtheir skills.

Great work, Ricardo!

Runners-upShobha Sivoramakrishnan, Consultant PaediatricianJayne Shaw, Senior Midwife

BRILLIANT AwardsThis category recognised the BRILLIANT staff who work at the hospital.

The individual or team will have shown dedication, drive, determinationand unparalleled levels of hard work.

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Patient Safety AwardPatient safety is the prevention of errorsand adverse effects to patients associatedwith health care. The individual or teammust have used their initiative to put theneeds of patients first.

WinnerAcute Stroke UnitThe Acute Stroke Unit was nominated

for successfully introducing Patient Safety Huddles to their area.

The Patient Safety Huddles are daily meetings where staff discuss plans to reduce the risk ofhealthcare harm and to also celebrate the team’s success and positive results. The huddlesinvolve all staff and raises their awareness of healthcare risks. They allow staff to feel moreconfident and empowered to discuss patients at risk. Well done, team!

Runners-upTissue Viability TeamDebbie Firth, Resuscitation Officer

Chief Executive’s AwardThe winner for this award is speciallyselected by our Chief Executive,Diane Wake.

Winner Urology Team

Governor’s AwardThe winner for this award is specially selectedby members of our Council of Governors.

Winner Barnsley Babies Initiative

Team OutstandingAchievement – Non-ClinicalThis award focused on the non-clinical teamthat had demonstrated its ability to deliverclear benefits to the Trust’s service provisionand performance through working togethereffectively and efficiently.

WinnerCommunity MidwivesAdmin Clerk Team The team has been described as a fantastic resource to the midwives. The excellent workthe admin team does allows the midwives to fulfil their clinical duties safe in the knowledgethat the administration work is been taken care of. Brilliant work, team!

Runners-upClinical Systems and EPR Adviser TeamOccupational Therapy Inpatients and Physiotherapy Inpatients Team

Patient’s Choice AwardThis award gave patients the chance to nominatea member of staff who they felt had gone aboveand beyond their line of duty whilst caring forthem at the hospital.

WinnerDr Dewhurst, Alison Sellarsand TeamDr Darren Dewhurst, Alison Sellars, Sarah Thompson,Kelly Smith, Ben Crapper, Benita Wainwright, Hazel Bramley, Gill Williamsand Tracy Kelly were nominated as a collective group for providing excellentend of life care.

The group was nominated by the patient’s daughter who praised the team for workingtogether to provide compassionate and dignified end of life care. They were alsocommended for the support and respect shown to the family of the patient.

Well done, team!

Runners-upCath Jones, Bereavement Co-ordinatorAnne Smith, Public Health Specialist Midwife

Chairman’s AwardThe winner for this award isspecially selected by our Chairman,Stephen Wragg.

Winner Janet Curry, Volunteer

Volunteer of the Year AwardThis award recognised dedicated volunteers who hadselflessly contributed their time, energy and skills.

Winner Janet Curry, Coffee Shop VolunteerJanet received numerous nominations all of which

highlighted her fantastic fundraising work for Barnsley Hospital Charity.

Not only does Janet give her time to the hospital by volunteering in the coffee shop she alsospends a lot of her time raising money for Barnsley Hospital Charity and the Tiny Hearts Appeal.One of Janet’s fundraisers was a sponsored silence, no mean feat for a lady who loves to chat!Well done, Janet!

Runners-upBeryl Bashford, Maternity Tea Bar VolunteerDorothy Padgett, Ward 24/Chemo Volunteer

Team OutstandingAchievement – ClinicalThis award focused on the clinicalteam that had demonstrated theirability to deliver clear benefits to theTrust’s service provision andperformance through workingtogether effectively and efficiently.

WinnerHip Fracture Team

The Hip Fracture Group is a multidisciplinary team which works together to significantlyimprove patient outcomes.

The team was nominated for frequently working above and beyond what is expected of it toensure its patients get the best possible care. The work of the Hip Fracture Group both saveslives and improves quality of life for patients. Their nomination describes them as fantastic.Great work, team!

Runners-upCommunity Midwife HubTissue Viability Team

Outstanding Achievement AwardThe winner for this new award is specially selected byour Chairman and Chief Executive for going aboveand beyond in their role.

Winner Michael Wright, Director of Finance

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This month we held our annual Barnsley Hospital Charity Heart Awards, torecognise the hard work and dedication of our staff and volunteers here atthe hospital. The event took place at Oakwell Stadium, Barnsley on 10 June.

This was the seventh consecutive year we have celebrated the Heart Awardsand once again it proved to be a fantastic night celebrating the successesof all teams and individuals across the Trust. We would like to take thisopportunity to congratulate every single nominee; whether it be an individualor team, for taking on an active role in caring for our patients, staff and visitors every day.

We are extremely grateful to all organisations that sponsored the awards, we sincerely appreciate yoursupport, without it the Heart Awards would not have been possible.

Barnsley HospitalCharity Abseil –dare devils wanted!We are very excited to announce that we are in the earlystages of planning our very first abseil, which will takeplace off one of our very own buildings here at BarnsleyHospital! Are you an adrenaline junkie, keen to supportyour local hospital? If so, this one is for you!

We are planning on holding the event in September/October, date to be confirmed. Places will be limited so ifyou would like to register your interest please contact us

on 01226 431650 or barnsleyhospitalcharity@nhs.net

You will be delighted to hear that, aftermuch demand, Zombie Run is back with abang! Zombie Run 2016 will be takingplace on Saturday 29th October atWorsbrough Mill.

To register for exclusive updatesplease contact us on 01226 431650

or barnsleyhospitalcharity@nhs.net

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Barnsley Hospital Charity update• Fantastic fundraisers •

Sainsbury’s staff and family members presenting their donation to Diane Wake and Steve Wragg.

Sainsbury’s Local supportTiny Hearts AppealFor the last two years running Barnsley Sainsbury’s Local has very kindly been supportingBarnsley Hospital Charity by choosing our Tiny Hearts Appeal as its Charity of the Year.

The wonderful staff at the stores involved, which include Monk Bretton, Athersley North,Barnsley Redbrook Road and Royston, have been working very hard to hold a number offundraisers to raise money for the appeal. Just a few of these fantastic events include a golf day,a sponsored walk, a water to wine competition, store raffles and collections.

Their hard work and dedication over the past two years has resulted in an amazing grand totalof £6,300 towards the Tiny Hearts Appeal!

Additionally the stores have also recently supported the charity as a whole by sponsoring aColour Station at Rainbow Dash 2016 and by also donating breakfast bars and volunteering atthe event.

Beth Kaminski, Fundraising Co-ordinator said “We would like to say a very big thank you to thestaff and customers of Barnsley Sainsbury’s Locals for supporting the Tiny Hearts Appeal. Theamount of money raised is absolutely fantastic and will really help us get one step closer to our£1 million target to help build a brand new Special Care Baby Unit. Thank you all so much foryour generosity.”

MP support forTiny Hearts AppealBarnsley MPs Michael Dugher and Dan Jarvis were joined by Shadow Health Minister, JustinMadders, on a recent visit to the hospital and gave their support to our Tiny Hearts Appeal.

The MPs were keen to discuss our plans for the new neonatal unit and were pleased to speak toour fantastic staff who work tirelessly to ensure that our patients and their families receive thebest possible care whilst on the unit.

During their visit the party was shown round our existing neonatal unit and Lead Nurse, BenDockerill, explained our visions for the new unit which is to be built with funds from the TinyHearts Appeal. The group were also taken on a tour of our newly refurbished Barnsley BirthingCentre and spoke with maternity staff about the innovative and unique work we are doing herefor the families of Barnsley.

The party ended their tour of the Trust by paying a visit to our Tiny Hearts incubator that alonehas raised around a fantastic £18,000 towards the Tiny Hearts Appeal.

Beth Kaminski, Fundraising Co-ordinator, said: “We are so grateful to the MPs for showing theirsupport to our very special appeal. We were really pleased to show them round our existingneonatal so they could see for themselves why this appeal is so important.

“Our staff do an amazing job, now we just need to get them an amazing facility to match!”

The MPs spoke about how proud they were that our hospital can offer such impressive facilitiesto pregnant women whilst creating a reassuring, calm environment at what can often be astressful and challenging time.

We have lots of supporters who raise money in a range of different ways forthe charity and its funds. We have highlighted a few of these below. Thank youto everyone who supports the charity, you are making a real difference!

Choose us as your Charity of the YearWhy not follow in the footsteps of Sainsbury’s Local and support Barnsley Hospital

Charity as your chosen Charity of the Year? Ask us for more information today.Contact us on 01226 431650 or barnsleyhospitalcharity@nhs.net

Save the date!

Left to right: Ben Dockerill, Dan Jarvis, Michael Dugher,Justin Madders and Beth Kaminski.

More colourful imagesfrom our Rainbow Dash

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Cllr Burgess visited us on Monday 9 Mayto help staff, patients and the publiccelebrate the South Yorkshire DementiaCreative Arts Exhibition.

‘The Senses’ was the theme for the 8thSouth Yorkshire Dementia Creative ArtsExhibition which took place in locationsacross Barnsley between 7-13 May.Theannual public exhibition is an event gearedtowards celebrating the creative talents ofeveryone affected by dementia, butparticularly those living with dementia.

Our hospital was one of the four locationschosen to host the exhibition.The display atour hospital was co-ordinated by ourDementia Nurse Specialist,Vicky Faxon-Wastnage, and featured artwork and poemsfrom care homes, staff at the hospital,schools, support services and groups fromacross Barnsley.

During her visit, Cllr Burgess spoke withstaff members about the work taking place

at the hospital to help patients withdementia, including the hospital’spartnership with the Alzheimer’s Society.

Vicky said of the event: “The DementiaCreative Arts Exhibition is a great way for usto showcase some of the amazing workcreated by people living with dementia andthose close to them.We are really grateful toCllr Burgess for showing her support andcoming along to see the work we have ondisplay.”

Cllr Linda Burgess said: “It was wonderfulto meet with staff at Barnsley Hospital andhear about the work they are doing toimprove the care of those with dementia.I look forward to working with them furtherin my mayoral year.”

During the week, exhibitions were held inthree other locations across Barnsleyincluding Barnsley College, St John’sChurch, Penistone and St Mary’s Church,Barnsley.

In May the Mayor of Barnsley, Cllr Linda Burgess showed her support to dementiacare when she made a special visit to the hospital.

Learning Disability teamwins innovation awards

The event was organised through theConnected Healthcare programme whichwas introduced by the Digital Media Centre,through Barnsley Council’s EnterprisingBarnsley business support programme andwas sponsored by Yorkshire and HumberAcademic Health Science Network (AHSN)and Tech North.

Our Learning Disability team waschallenged with helping to improve patientexperience through the use of digitaltechnology and media.Their idea for an appcame from the already existing ‘hospitalpassport’ which was created at BarnsleyHospital and is given to all vulnerablepatients.The hospital passport helps inassisting hospital staff to look after peoplewith learning disabilities and includesimportant information about the patient.

The hospital passport is currently in a paperformat but the new app will allow staff tocollect this information and data on a digitalplatform which will be more easilyaccessible for staff.The team workedalongside HMA and shared its knowledgeand expertise to successfully aid in thecreation of the new app.

The team was successful in winning twoawards; one in the peer vote category andanother from the panel of judges.They wona combined business support packagefrom Yorkshire & Humber AHSN andEnterprising Barnsley which will help themto develop their project plans.

Tracey Helliwell, Learning DisabilitiesLiaison Nurse, said: “This is a fantasticachievement for our team and our hospitaland we are extremely proud. It’s been a greatexperience to work with the design team atHMA and we are very excited to take ourhospital passport to a digital platform.

“It’s so important that, as staff, we canunderstand a patient’s everyday needs andwishes and the passport has already enabledus to recognise a person’s health and socialneeds, allowing us to adjust our careaccordingly.The app will allow us to takethis to the next level and it’s very exciting toknow that it will be developed andintroduced to Barnsley Hospital.”

Our Learning Disability team recently won two awards in the Digital Health DesignChallenge which took place at the Digital Media Centre in Barnsley. Staff from ourhospital worked with digital design agency, HMA, to create a new app which willimprove care for people with learning disabilities when they visit the hospital.

Equality and diversityat Barnsley Hospital

We follow the NHS Workforce RaceEquality Standard (WRES) to ensure thatemployees from black and minorityethnic (BME) backgrounds have equalaccess to career opportunities andreceive fair treatment in the workplace.

As part of our work around theWRES framework we havedeveloped a network for ourBME staff. This network will besponsored by Heather Mcnair,Director of Nursing andQuality, and chaired byDr. Rajeev Gupta, ConsultantPaediatrician. This networkwill support the Trust inanalysing how theexperiences of black andminority ethnic groups differ from other staffand the possible impact this may have onpatients and staff with in regards to equalityand diversity here at Barnsley Hospital.

We are also in the process of refreshing ourcurrent action plan as part of the NHSEquality Delivery System (EDS2), to improveour services and bring about better outcomesfor patients. We have undertaken a numberof surveys and are currently engaging withlocal forums in the community to find outabout individual experiences.

On 28th October, we will be holding aBarnsley Diversity Event in theEducation Centre for our staff tocelebrate our achievements over theyears. Speakers, including ProfessorUdy Archibong from the University

of Bradford, will be discussingcurrent issues regarding

equality and diversity in theNHS and where we are nowin terms of ensuring thatour NHS is accessible for all.Community representativesfrom local forums will beinvited to have a stand onthe day.

Beverley Powell, Equalityand Diversity Manager, said:

“We’re extremely proud of the progress thatwe have made to ensure that our Trustembeds equality and diversity in all areas.Our Board of Directors recently undertookequality and diversity development trainingso it’s clear that we take the work veryseriously as a Trust.”

If you would like to find out moreabout the work we do around equality

and diversity, please visit our websitewww.barnsleyhospital.nhs.uk/

equalitydiversity/

Cllr Burgess withVicky Faxon-Wastnage, Nurse

Specialist and Sandra Smith,Environment Coordinator.

Dementia display.

Beverley Powell, Equality and Diversity Manager.

Tracey Helliwell (centre in striped top) with the winning team.

As a Trust, we are committed to ensuring that we encompass and embrace thediverse needs of all staff, patients and visitors.To be able to do this, it is importantthat we constantly develop our approach to the equality and diversity agenda.

Mayorsupportsdementiacare

The IG and CAM team.

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Hi Katie, thanks for meeting with ustoday. First of all can you explain to uswhat the Information Governance andClinical Application Management (IGand CAM) Team does?Katie: Hi, good to meet you. Our teamprovides all the necessary governance,training, data quality, configuration andresolution support for the key electronicpatient systems within the Trust, along withensuring the security, integrity andconfidentiality of all patient and staffinformation.

Within the last 12 months the team has beensupporting the newly implementedElectronic Patient Record (EPR) systemLORENZO. Implementing an EPR is acomplex process and we are working veryhard to work with and support staff toovercome the challenges this presents and

similarly promote and share theopportunities and benefits of workingtowards becoming a paperless hospital.

Do you have an example of some of thework you do that you can share with us?Katie: Yes, I have many examples but a morerecent one that comes to mind is:We haverecently worked closely with and supportedthe outpatient team to review the way inwhich follow up appointments are bookedfor patients in a clinic setting on ourLORENZO system.

The aim was to provide patients with theirfollow up appointment date in person atthe time of their appointment, ratherthan through the post at a later date,promoting patient choice.We achievedthis by collectively reviewing the process,re-configuring LORENZO and providingtraining for all receptionists.

This required a great amount oforganisation, effort and team working toachieve and I am very proud of how theteam worked to achieve this.

How many team members are inthe IG and CAM team?Katie: We are a team of 20 staff members intotal.The team comprises four sub teams;Information Governance, ClinicalApplication Support, Clinical ApplicationTraining and Data Quality. Luckily we all geton really well and have a great workingrelationship.We have staff with expertise inmany areas and backgrounds so there isalways someone on hand to help if you arestuck with something.

Can you tell us about a majorachievement of the team?Katie: One of our recent successes was beingshortlisted for a Barnsley Hospital Heart

Award in the Team OutstandingAchievement category.

We also received a Heart Awards nominationfor facilitating the achievement of 95%mandatory training compliance forinformation governance training for theTrust.

We were absolutely delighted and it is realtestament to the hard work all the team putin.We had a great night celebrating at theHeart Awards event.

Thanks for meeting with us; it’s beengreat getting to know you!Katie: Thank you!

The IG and CAM Team welcomes feedbackfrom both staff and patients. If you have anysuggestions or questions for the team please

contact Katie on katie.hyde@nhs.net

In each edition of Barnsley Hospital News we will be introducing you to one of our teams, departments or wards so you can find out more about what each area does acrossthe Trust.

In this edition we will be talking to Katie Hunter, Information Governance and Clinical Systems Manager about the Information Governance and Clinical ApplicationManagement Team.

Meet the team… Information Governanceand Clinical Application Management Team

Farewell to LyndaLynda started her career at Barnsley Hospital as a nurse cadetback in 1971 and completed her nurse training between 1973 –1976. Upon qualifying Lynda was awarded the Bronze Medaland the Prize for Medicine.

Lynda spent the first years of her nursingcareer in Coronary Care and this is whereshe earned her first Sisters post beforemoving on to other senior nursing rolesacross Medicine and Care of the Elderly.

From 1999 up to her retirement Lynda hasworked in a variety of managerial roles inthe Trust across many specialties includingOutpatients, Emergency Department,Medical Imaging and Surgery, with her lastposition being General Manager forWomen’s and Children’s. Lynda is a creditto the Trust, colleagues speak fondly of herand commend her for always putting thepatient first throughout her career.

Lynda said: “Leaving BarnsleyHospital has been veryemotional for me, it has beenmy life for such a long time. I

have seen lots of changesthroughout my career, thebiggest of which is thedevelopment of the currenthospital building; when Istarted it was Beckett and StHelen’s hospitals whichwere based across two sites.

“I have many fondmemories of working atBarnsley Hospital and Ihave met lots of people along my journey who I will missbut I feel now is the right time for a well earned rest. I amlooking forward to spending quality time with my familyand my first grandchild Zach.”

As a Trust, we would like to say a huge thank you to Lynda forher dedication to the hospital and her patients, she will bemissed by her colleagues and friends. Lynda has hinted that thismay not be the last of her working career, so for now we wishLynda all the best and will hopefully see her in the near future!

It is with heavy hearts that we say goodbye to one of our much loved staff members,Lynda Cunliffe, who retired this year after a fantastic 44 years at the Trust.

Lynda in theearly 1990s.

Lynda (second left), with colleagues at her leaving party.